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They also agreed to examine in greater Coach Outlet detail an Indian proposal to set up a BRICS-led South-South Development Bank, Coach Outlet Online funded and managed by the BRICS and other developing Winter Clothes countries."We have directed the finance ministers to examine the proposal and report back at the next summit," Singh said.
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